Robert Glensor and his team at Paraoa Bakery in Paraparaumu produce more than 5000 loaves of unique GE-free Purebread each week, delivering to satisfied customers all over New Zealand. Purebread is a label found in [...]

Health benefits of Peanuts Peanuts are rich in energy and contain many health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health. They are especially, rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids like oleic acids [...]

Used in tropical cultures as a nutritious diet staple for many centuries, organic coconut oil can help: One of the ‘good oils’ rich in mono-saturated fats, vitamin B and provides instant energy that sustains. Ten Benefits of Organic [...]

Organic honey dew is an essential ingredient used in nearly all of our breads including our Purebread 1kg Big Daddy and 700gm Big Mamma organic loaves. The honey “feeds” the yeast in the healthiest way, [...]

We use organic free range eggs in our ever popular Corn & Seed gluten free bread. Scientific evidence continues to show that eggs produced from hens roaming free on green pastures have higher levels of [...]

Our 1kg Big Daddy and 700gm Big Mamma organic loaves (formerly known as 1kg and 700gm Purebread) contain almost one cupful of rolled oats in every loaf! Rolled oats are an excellent source of dietary fibre, [...]

Paraoa Bakehouse has for five years been turning out Purebread organic loaves from its Paraparaumu base. From 300 loaves a week to a few Wellington shops in 1996, Paraoa now sends out loaves in seven [...]

Sunflower Oil is a staple ingredient used in most of our breads to create a glossy texture and improve the shelf life and all the benefits found in “good” fats. Introducing our producer Kialla Pure [...]

On the Importance of Using Fresh and Wholesome Grains and Bread… Grains have been grown and consumed by humans for thousands of years and are a staple food for most cultures around the globe. Asian [...]

Being active is so important no matter what your age or stage is. It’s about staying fit for your life but also about following your heart and staying receptive to ideas and opportunities. It’s not [...]

Give ’em a full choice! In 1954 the Supreme Court in the United States made a landmark ruling against segregation.It said that ‘separate but equal was not equal, and that the ramifications of separateness adversely [...]

We use organic free range eggs in our ever popular Corn & Seed gluten free bread. Scientific evidence continues to show that eggs produced from hens roaming free on green pastures have higher levels of [...]

At some stage as we travel on the roads of New Zealand, we’re likely to find ourselves surrounded by rolling hills covered in lush jade grass, where cows and sheep amble nonchalantly about. And as [...]

An International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) found that Allergies have increased by 50% in the last 10 years and food is strongly associated with the problem. What is the reason for [...]

People often say that they don’t buy organic food and produce because it’s too expensive. And it is true that organic food can be more expensive. A friend recently told me about hearing Percy Tipene [...]

Serious illness or injury are said to be the main causes of brain damage. It is hard to comprehend that your daily bread consumption could also be a contributing cause. Bread and flour products are [...]

“There is nothing you cannot achieve if you have the passion and want for it” Quotes Northlander Brooke Roberts. Brooke Roberts is our sponsored athlete who follows mainly a Gluten Free diet to help her [...]

100% Whole Grains Zero Starches Zero Gums Organic Ingredients Why is this so different and important? 100% Whole Grains – Most of us don’t eat the recommended amount of fibre. Fibre is very important in [...]

For many of us, starting a family is one of life’s precious milestones. The removal of this ability through infertility can be distressing and life changing. Infertility has been said to link to contact with [...]

In 2010, an estimated 2005 women were diagnosed with breast cancer according to the New Zealand Cancer registry. (Ministry of Health) An alarming number of kiwi women. Amongst several other causes pesticides have been linked [...]

Welcome. I created this report to help business owners who want to start the journey towards sustainability or those already on it who are looking for inspiration and guidance. My approach was simple – ask [...]

This has not been a good week for glyphosate , the active ingredient in Roundup and other herbicides. On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had classified glyphosate, the United States’ most [...]

It’s good news for those suffering from gluten intolerance. Wellington-based Purebread have worked hard to create an exceptional series of products that are fresh, nutritious and taste delicious. “Purebread’s Gluten-free range makes life without traditional [...]

Rocking it for Vanuatu In an act of social giving, Kapiti-based Purebread have generously sponsored the Vanuatu Music Revival Project Fundraising Concert. The Vanuatu Music Revival Project is a grass-roots aid mission working to bring [...]

If there’s one thing most doctors, scientists and public health professionals agree, it is that artificially produced trans fats, which are still widely used in food, increase our risk of coronary heart disease. They raise [...]

Kapiti Coast’s Paraoa Bakehouse is tonight celebrating after being awarded the top honour in the Sustainable Business Network’s Central Regional Awards. Producers of organically certified bread products, Paraoa Bakehouse not only took out the Trailblazer [...]

Paraoa Bakehouse is tonight celebrating after being awarded New Zealand’s Sustainable Business of the Year award at the 2008 NZI National Sustainable Business Network Awards. The awards, held at Auckland’s War Memorial Museum, recognise those [...]

The World Health Organisation has announced that the active ingredient of Roundup, glyphosate, as being “probably carcinogenic” to humans. Renowned researcher and health campaigner Professor Don Huber has been stating this for many years and [...]

Award-winning Paraparaumu-based Purebread produces a range of more than 30 nutritious and great tasting organic and gluten-foods. “You can enjoy our products throughout New Zealand online, delivered fresh to your door FREE, and in selected [...]

The fact that we have more Greenpeace supporters (per capita) in Aotearoa than any other nation tells us how much many of us value this unique land we inhabit and desire to sustain it’s biodiversity. [...]

Oct 15 – In spite of an outpouring of public concern including a strongly worded letter signed by 50 members of Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval to Dow Agrosciences’ new Enlist Duo [...]

In your March 24 edition you carried a photo of a motorcyclist who had obviously ignored the “no motorcycles” signage posted at the Otaihanga Domain and was caught by a cameraman riding down the walkway [...]

Dubbed the rising star of gluten free breads Young Buck from Kapiti-based Purebread, is quickly becoming a favourite New Zealand gluten free loaf as such a delicious light loaf so great for sandwiches. A loaf [...]

Kapiti-based Purebread are giving you the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win six months of free delivered Purebread bread worth a total value of $650 through its new Facebook competition! You choose your prize from 40 healthy [...]

Health benefits of Sesame Seeds Delicious, crunchy sesame seeds are widely considered healthful foods. They are high in energy but contain many health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for wellness. The seeds are [...]

Recent research showssignificant links between physical, cognitive, behavioral and emotionalillnesses and environmental toxins. A positive way of looking atenvironmental causes of these disorders is that they are preventableand in many cases treatable through reducing our [...]

This table below ranks food according to percentage with PESTICIDES detected and the number of them found in our food! By eliminating foods from your diet that contain the highest amount of pesticides can greatly [...]

Sustainability might be sexy these days, but for New Zealand’s most sustainable business, it’s all about caring for the land. Paraoa Bakehouse, awarded the top prize at this year’s Sustainable Business Network’s awards, has focused [...]

Kapiti Coast-based specialist bakers, Pararoa Bakehouse, makers of Purebread, have been named as central region finalists in the third Sustainable Business Network Regional Awards. This is a major achievement for the twelve-year old business, which [...]

A Paraparaumu bakehouse was a two-time winner at the Central Regional Sustainable Business Networks Awards. And it’s easy to see why. Paraoa Bakehouse’s weekly rubbish is reduced to the size of a netball.